Re: RFC: A default html file

1995-11-08 Thread Ian Jackson
Dirk Eddelbuettel writes [SuperCite undone]: > Ian Jackson writes, answering a question of mine: > > No. I suppose I'm suggesting that the browser packages use a shared > > file like /etc/default-www-home or something, in much the same way as > > other packages use /etc/mailname, /etc/news/server

Re: RFC: A default html file

1995-11-08 Thread Dirk . Eddelbuettel
Ian Jackson writes, answering a question of mine: Ian> No. I suppose I'm suggesting that the browser packages use a shared Ian> file like /etc/default-www-home or something, in much the same way as Ian> other packages use /etc/mailname, /etc/news/server and /etc/papersize. Exactly. Seve

Re: RFC: A default html file

1995-11-08 Thread Ian Jackson
Dirk Eddelbuettel writes [SuperCite undone]: > [Ian Jackson wrote:] > > A better solution would be to make it possible to reconfigure all > > browsers' home pages at once. > > Are you proposing that a 'whatever' doc package reconfigures the browsers? > I'd be afraid of quite some side-effects and

Re: RFC: A default html file

1995-11-08 Thread Bill Mitchell
Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> daid, regarding doclinux and docdebian: > Why can't we just stick with `doc' containing both sets of > documentation ? Is there any point in splitting the package up ? I like the idea of separate docs collections for vanilla linux and for incremental debian issue

Re: RFC: A default html file

1995-11-08 Thread Dirk . Eddelbuettel
Ian Jackson writes: Ian> Why can't we just stick with `doc' containing both sets of Ian> documentation ? Is there any point in splitting the package up ? Having two packages permits the user to select the one she wants. There might be people who can live without the HOWTOs or the Debian d

Re: RFC: A default html file

1995-11-08 Thread Ian Jackson
David H. Silber writes ("Re: RFC: A default html file"): > > Thanks for the comments on doc, guys. I think I will package the old 'doc' > > as > > `doclinux' and create a new `docdebian' with Debian specific documentation, > > especially a

Re: RFC: A default html file

1995-11-07 Thread David H. Silber
> > Thanks for the comments on doc, guys. I think I will package the old 'doc' as > `doclinux' and create a new `docdebian' with Debian specific documentation, > especially as Ian M. promised the manual for today :-) > (As an aside: doclinux and docdebian or rather doc-linux and doc-debian ?) do